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Cathedral St. Mary's of the Seven Sorrows

Diocese of Nashville

Nashville

 office@stmarysdowntown.org  +16152561704 

St. Mary of the Seven Sorrows is a Nashville landmark and one of the first Catholic Church buildings constructed in Tennessee. The church served as the second Cathedral of the Diocese of Nashville from 1847-1914. It is the oldest extant church building in downtown Nashville. Richard Pius Miles, O.P. (1791-1860), the first Catholic Bishop of Nashville, is primarily responsible for the construction of St. Mary's. Consecrated bishop at Bardstown, Kentucky in 1838, Miles arrived in Nashville that same year and was the only Catholic priest in the state of Tennessee. He led the state’s growing Catholic population until his death in 1860, when he was buried beneath the cathedral.

Nashville

330 5th Avenue North, Nashville, Estados Unidos de América